Paleogene depositional conditions and climatic changes of the Frysjaodden Formation in central Spitsbergen (sedimentology and mineralogy)

• Main Author: Riber, Lars
• Other Authors: Henning Dypvik
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: petroleum geologi geofysikk Svalbard sedimentologi leirmineralogi PETM; VDP::450; Arctic; Antarctic; Svalbard; Battfjellet; Frysjaodden; Grumantbyen; Gilsonryggen; Antarc*; Foraminifera*; Grumantby*; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10852/12656; http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-22636

In this study the transgressive-regressive developments and depositional environment of the Frysjaodden Formation in the Central Tertiary Basin, Spitsbergen have been reconstructed. The depositional environment has been analyzed combining sedimentary field data, XRD and geochemical analyses. Special...